The piece was mined in the latter half of 2009
as virtually every Ferberite twin from Tasna has some kind of damage
"sword"-shaped crystal of Vivianite with/on metamorphosed Sandstone matrix
but clusters such as this specimen only existed in about 5% of the pieces found
some of the largest overall Vauxite specimens in the world
Vivianite Jamesonite The piece was mined inThis piece was collected in 2000, when Huanuni had a short, but prosperous boom of specimens. I personally obtained this piece at the mine on one of my first trips to Bolivia. I kept it as a memento of those early years visiting Bolivia, but its time for it to find a new home. A very sharp, GEM quality, rather lustrous, rich emerald green, sword shaped, prismatic crystal with a beautiful termination. Great quality all the way around, and certainly